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DEFINITION: n. A message, which does not include a name, a number, or any other relevant information which could be used to identify the caller. v. To leave a message without identifying yourself.
Verboticisms
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Uselessage
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: use + less + edge
Sentence: Oh great, somebody left me another uselessage. When will they learn? WHEN?
Etymology: usless + message
Namelessage
Created by: EffingCharms
Pronunciation: name-less-edge
Sentence: GR! If I find out who keeps leaving me these annoying namelessage's, I swear I'll... leave them one back!!!!
Etymology: nameless- without a name; without an identifyable characteristic -age the end of message, a letter or note left for someone when they're unattainable
Stealthexting
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: stelth-EXT-ing
Sentence: Veronica got great joy and even prided herself on her stealthexting technique, wherein she could always manage to leave messages she knew would be unwelcome but that also left no indentifying trail.
Etymology: Blend of the words 'stealth' and 'texting'
Voinymess
Created by: Windyo
Pronunciation:
Sentence: another voinymess... oh really.
Etymology: voice + privative particule + message
Blankcall
Created by: Javeson1
Pronunciation: blank call
Sentence: I HATE those damn blank callers! how am I suposed to know who it is?? I don't have voice recognition!
Etymology: play on the phrase "crank call" or "prank call" (only this one is not playful)
Phononymous
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: foe-non-ee-mus
Sentence: he enjoyed the mystery of it, the tension... he could almost taste their need to know more...oh yes... he much preferred to remain phononymous
Etymology: anonymous, phone
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COMMENTS:
good! - wordmeister, 2007-03-07: 01:14:00
Wonderful! - ErWenn, 2007-03-07: 01:36:00
like it. - galwaywegian, 2007-03-07: 03:41:00
Me too. - purpleartichokes, 2007-03-07: 18:12:00
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Callmoflage
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: kall - moe - flaj
Sentence: It looked like a phone call, it looked like a message. Wait; it was a callmoflage because Monica could not tell who it was from. The identity of the caller remained hidden inside the message and could not be identified.
Etymology: call, camoflage (hide by closely resembling the natural environment)
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COMMENTS:
The callmoflage before the storm...good word! - Nosila, 2009-09-25: 00:31:00
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Anonymissive
Created by: catgrin
Pronunciation: uh-non-uh-mis-iv
Sentence: "Blocked" anonymissives on her cell were giving Tammy a headache.
Etymology: anony + missive 1601, from Gk. anonymos "without a name," from an- "without" + onyma ("m" is retained by use of "missive"), Æolic dialectal form of onoma "name" + 1444, from M.L. missivus "for sending, sent," esp. in littera missiva "letters sent," fro
Guessage
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: gess-ij
Sentence: The guessage on her machine said nothing more than "Meet me at Sam's Place at 6." Because she was in contact with over two dozen on-line daters, Alice realized she was driving to a semi-blind date.
Etymology: guess, message
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COMMENTS:
Simple but effective! - Discoveria, 2007-03-07: 09:15:00
Better than mine, which was 'lessage.' - emd2k3, 2007-03-07: 14:57:00
Thanks, it's the first time I came up with a decent word in about 4.5 seconds. It takes me forever to come up with bad ones. - purpleartichokes, 2007-03-07: 18:02:00
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Telememorondumb
Created by: toadstool57
Pronunciation: tele-mem-mOr-on-dum
Sentence: David listens to his telememorondumb messages, trying to use voice recognition to guess the ID of the callers leaving no information.
Etymology: telephone/memorandum,as in message/moron/dumb
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by erasmus.
Thank you erasmus! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by erasmus. Thank you erasmus. ~ James
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